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The largest difference between the opossum and non-marsupial mammals is the bifurcated penis of the male and bifurcated vagina of the female (the source of the term didelphimorph, from the Greek didelphys, meaning "double-wombed"). [38] Opossum spermatozoa exhibit sperm-pairing, forming conjugate pairs in the epididymis.
The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis), also called the southern or black-eared opossum [2] or gambá, and sometimes called a possum, is a marsupial species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia (reaching the coast of the South Pacific Ocean to the central coast of Peru), including Trinidad and Tobago and the Windwards in the Caribbean, [2] where it is called manicou. [3]
The generic name (Didelphis) is derived from Ancient Greek: di, "two", and delphus, "womb". [9] The possums of Australia, whose name derives from their similarity to the American species, are also marsupials, but of the order Diprotodontia. The Virginia opossum is known in Mexico as tlacuache, tacuachi, and tlacuachi, from the Nahuatl word ...
Quit playing possum—there's no need to hide from these absolutely adorable possum pics! The post 25 Possum Pictures That Will Convince You They’re Actually Cute appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Black-shouldered opossum. C. irrupta Sanborn, 1951: West-central South America: Size: 25–33 cm (10–13 in) long, plus 31–34 cm (12–13 in) tail [12] Habitat: Forest [13] Diet: Flowers and fruit, as well as small rodents [13] LC Unknown [13]
So the fact that this possum is three years old is a real achievement. Possums as Pets. Despite how adorable they appear to be in this video, possums do not make the world’s best pets. First of ...
The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula, from the Greek for "furry tailed" and the Latin for "little fox", previously in the genus Phalangista [4]) is a nocturnal, semiarboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand, and the second-largest of the possums.
Virginia opossum, native to North America; White-eared opossum, native to South America; Phalangeriformes, also called (o)possums, any of a number of arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi Common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), a common possum in Australian urban areas, invasive in New Zealand